Apostolic Fathers

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Apostolic Fathers

2/3rd gen Jesus-followers

Followers of the og disciples

Clement of Rome
Died 101 AD

Ignatius of Antioch
“Friend of Peter”

Part of the first church

Polycarp of Smyrna

Theology struggles in the Early Church

1. Christology → who is Jesus?

a. Is he God, is he not, etc?

b. Is he omniscient?

c. Is he the Messiah, how so?

2. Docetism

a. This started during NT times

i. Docetist think they’re Christian, non-docetists disagree

b. Did he really have a physical body?

c. Did he truly suffer?

d. why did they think that?

i. He was “too good”

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